whack
verb (used with object)
to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
whacker
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a word derived from
whack.
Example Sentences
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Other videos show Barranco running from agents with a weed whacker in hand.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
The whacker whirred, manicuring a blanket of short-cropped grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
In 2012, she needed stitches on multiple wounds because, she claimed, someone was swinging a weed whacker around, dislodging the battery and reeling it into her face.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
I mean, doesn’t everyone who wanted an exercise bike or a weed whacker or a boat have it by now?
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2021
He had blue shadows under his eyes, dirty fingernails, and badly cut gray hair, like his last haircut had been done with a weed whacker.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
